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Meet Our 2024 KOEF Partners Fighting for Their Territory, Autonomy and Self-determination

Meet Our 2024 KOEF Partners Fighting for Their Territory, Autonomy and Self-determination

This year, the goal is to exercise autonomy by strengthening the Council, revising the statutes, demanding the right to receive direct funding, and promoting the participation of multiple generations, specifically children, women, and youth.


Renewed Violence in Chittagong Hill Tracts: Bengali Settlers Target Indigenous Jumma Communities

Renewed Violence in Chittagong Hill Tracts: Bengali Settlers Target Indigenous Jumma Communities

The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), a region in Bangladesh long troubled by communal conflict, continues to experience alarming incidents of violence, deepening divisions between various factions and contributing to ongoing tensions between the Bengali settlers and Indigenous communities.


Politicians know defamation laws can silence women, but they won’t do anything about it

Politicians know defamation laws can silence women, but they won’t do anything about it

Both Geoffrey Rush’s successful defamation claim against the Daily Telegraph in 2018 and Bruce Lehrmann’s ongoing litigation against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson attracted much media attention.


Why is the Reserve Bank independent from government, and why does it matter?

Why is the Reserve Bank independent from government, and why does it matter?

Yet government taking direct control of setting interest rates would run contrary to both long-standing historical trends and international financial norms, including the independence of the central bank.


“Place of Memory:” Renovation and Restoration of the Pataxó Indigenous Museum

“Place of Memory:” Renovation and Restoration of the Pataxó Indigenous Museum

The local community, especially the Associação dos Comerciantes do Parque Indígena de Coroa Vermelha, endeavored to keep it running, but by 2018, the museum’s operations were suspended indefinitely due to challenges in sustaining its upkeep.


Costly defamation action looms large over Australian newsrooms. It’s diminishing press freedom

Costly defamation action looms large over Australian newsrooms. It’s diminishing press freedom

It may sound straightforward, but proving substantial truth requires producing admissible evidence strong enough to satisfy the civil standard of proof: on the balance of probabilities.


With all these defamation lawsuits, whatever happened to free speech?

With all these defamation lawsuits, whatever happened to free speech?

Its relative stasis had turned the United Kingdom into a “libel tourism” hotspot, and the UK was falling behind on the speech protections mandated by the European Convention on Human Rights.


Some NYC residents feel unwelcome by pro-Palestinian events staged at community garden: ‘Hijacked by crazies’

Some NYC residents feel unwelcome by pro-Palestinian events staged at community garden: ‘Hijacked by crazies’

Coincidentally, another required a commitment from members to interrupt “violent behavior or rhetoric that expresses all forms of hate (such as homophobic, transphobic, sexist, ableist, fatphobic, xenophobic, Zionist, anti-Semitic, nationalist and or racist beliefs) in order to preserve a safer space built on trust, respect, and self-awareness.


Top 10 affordable small towns where you’d actually love to live

Top 10 affordable small towns where you’d actually love to live

“Many of these places are attractive to residents because they are far more affordable than the big cities nearby,” says Seamus Nally, CEO of TurboTenant in Fort Collins, CO. “They are towns that aren’t so small that there is nothing to do—there are still decent population sizes and lots of opportunities for things involving community and entertainment—but it doesn’t cost an arm and a leg to live there.”


Google is worth more in Australia than major news outlets. Here’s how it could better fund journalism

Google is worth more in Australia than major news outlets. Here’s how it could better fund journalism

The availability of revenue information for this sector is patchy as many of its largest operators are either global media players (Netflix, Disney+) or part of complex digital businesses (Amazon Prime, Apple TV).


Promoting San Education in Namibia: Patricia Dinyando

Promoting San Education in Namibia: Patricia Dinyando

She seeks to create an educational system that respects and incorporates Indigenous ways of knowing and to empower Khwe children to learn and thrive in their own language, building a strong foundation for their identity and future.


A Story about the Beating Heart of the Nasa Yuwe Language

A Story about the Beating Heart of the Nasa Yuwe Language

The space also served as a learning center in the PaniquitĂĄ Reserve and became a place where members of the community could actively exchange knowledge, keeping alive the oral traditions, customs, and values of the Nasa Peoples.